Iran: Officials responsible for finger-amputations must face accountability for torture

By Amnesty International

Responding to the Iranian authorities’ use of a guillotine machine to amputate the fingers of three men in Urumieh Central Prison on 30 July as corporal punishment imposed after a grossly unfair, torture-tainted trial, Hussein Baoumi, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, said: “The amputations carried out on Hadi Rostami, […] The post Iran: Officials responsible for finger-amputations must face accountability for torture appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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